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New York
Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for New York.
2,078Documented
40In custody
1,023Released
12Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in New York
Where New York’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 714
1940s 176
1970s 171
1920s 166
1910s 166
1950s 159
Recent dashboard entries from New York
The newest published events and reporting located in New York, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Protest
Hundreds rally against ICE in Herald Square after Marble Hill shooting
Arrest
Five protesters arrested outside hospital after New York ICE shooting
Other
ICE officer shoots man during New York arrest operation
Other
Federal judge blocks ICE from arrests in New York courthouses
Arrest
Anti-Zionist Hasidic man faces deportation to Israel after US protest arrest
Arrest
Eight people arrested during an Evict ICE demonstration in downtown Buffalo
Arrest
NYPD arrests 104 people during protests against Benjamin Netanyahu’s appearance at the United Nations
Other
Court imposes permanent protections against abusive ICE detention conditions at 26 Federal Plaza
Documented cases
2,078 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Benjamin Kaplan (New York antiwar defendant, 1929)
Released
Benjamin Kaplan was arrested July 31, 1929 for speaking at an antiwar preparatory meeting at 27th Street and S...
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Herman D. Kaplan
Released
Herman D. Kaplan was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for...
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May Kaplan
The July 22 issue reports arrest at the Friday July 19, 1929 demonstration outside the Nanking consulate, 13 A...
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Nathan Kaplan
Released
Nathan Kaplan was one of the workers arrested in the July 3, 1928 Wall Street demonstration against U.S. inter...
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Rose Kaplan
Rose Kaplan was a Cafeteria Workers’ Union activist in New York. During the union’s organizing and picketing c...
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Nicholas Karter
Released
Nicholas Karter was president of Hairdressers Union Local560-B in the Bronx. The Daily Worker of November12,19...
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Frances Kass
Page 5 individually names Frances Kass as a picket arrested the preceding week at Fairway Hat Co., 49 West 37t...
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Harry Kasseon
Harry Kasseon was among Brooklyn shoe workers reported convicted of assault on May 6, 1930. Sentencing was ann...
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Steve Katovis
Steve Katovis was a strike picket shot on January 16, 1930. The January 24 report says he lay dying in hospita...
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L. Katowitz
The March 25, 1930 report says the demonstrators against Harry Eisman’s recommitment were actually serving ten...
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Tom Katsikia
Tom Katsikia was a garment striker arrested outside Needleman and Bremmer, 263 West 40th Street, New York. The...
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Harold Katz
The Christmas visit account identifies Harold Katz as serving a sentence at Raymond Street Jail in Brooklyn fo...
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Jennie Katz (Albany hunger march, 1931)
The August 28 report names these workers as arrested during the August 25 Hunger March demonstration at the Al...
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Julius Katz
Released
Julius Katz was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refu...
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Sander Katz
Released
Sander Katz was a pacifist and anarchist associated with the postwar libertarian magazine Alternative (publish...
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Ruben Kaufman
Ruben Kaufman was a labor prisoner held at Welfare Island in New York City. Page 4 reports that a delegation o...
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Harold Keithline
Harold Keithline was among seven workers arrested at the May 26, 1934 unemployment demonstration at 50 Lafayet...
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James Kelly
Released
James Kelly was a Canadian resident detained in the United States in proceedings involving assistance to Irish...
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John Kelly
Released
John Kelly was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refus...
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Rose Kelly
Released
Rose Kelly was a New York worker jailed in connection with Solomon Harper’s anti-lynching activism in 1930. Co...
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S. Kelman
Released
S. Kelman was a labor prisoner welcomed by the Brownsville International Labor Defense branch, Jewish Workers...
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Joseph Kerensky
Joseph Kerensky was a garment worker prosecuted during the 1926 New York garment strike. The January 29, 1927...
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Ernst Herman Kerkhof
Ernst Herman Kerkhof was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on F...
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Margaret Kerry
Margaret Kerry was imprisoned on an allegation of conspiracy during the New York prosecutions of 1741–1742. Th...
Institutions in New York
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in New York that appear in the census’s case files.
Ellis Island Immigration StationNew York, New York
215 cases
Fort LafayetteNew York, New York
202 cases
Manhattan House of Detention (the Tombs)New York, New York
21 cases
Attica Correctional FacilityAttica, New York
20 cases
Sing Sing Correctional FacilityOssining, New York
15 cases
Ellis IslandNew York, New York
15 cases
Metropolitan Correctional Center, New YorkNew York, New York
13 cases
Metropolitan Correctional CenterNew York, New York
10 cases